Former Brazil striker Romario made his coaching debut on Wednesday but was unable to stop Vasco da Gama being knocked out of the Copa Sudamericana.
Vasco, with Romario taking a player-coaching role on an interim basis, beat Mexico's America 1-0 in the quarter-final second leg but went out 2-1 on aggregate.
The former Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven player was appointed on Monday after Celso Roth became the second coach this year to be fired by the club.
Romario, 41, brought himself on as a second half substitute for his first game in four months and wasted a chance to level the aggregate scores when he mis-timed a free header.
Leandro Amaral gave Vasco a 10th-minute lead following a corner but despite creating a wealth of chances, the Brazilians were unable to find a second goal.
America goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa made a superb save to deny Alan Kardec before halftime, while Luizao headed against the crossbar and the Mexicans cleared two balls off the line.
Brazil's interest in the tournament ended in Bogota where Sao Paulo were knocked out by Colombia's Millonarios, who won 2-0 to complete a surprise 3-0 aggregate win.
Despite struggling in the Colombian league, Millonarios dominated the game against the Brazilian champions and championship leaders.
Two late goals from captain Ricardo Ciciliano gave Millonarios victory on the night.
In the 77th minute, the shaven-headed striker met a cross with a first-time shot which found the bottom left hand corner of Rogerio Ceni's goal.
Five minutes later, Millonarios broke out of defence and Ciciliano burst clear from the halfway line unchallenged before placing a low shot under Ceni.
22 October 2007
Italy are dominating the Golden Ball list of 50 candidates with eight players, while Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona each contributed seven names on the list.
- Golden Ball 2007 nominees:
Éric Abidal (Olympique Lyon, FC Barcelona)
Daniel Alves (FC Sevilla)
David Beckham (Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy)
Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus Turin)
Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid)
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Petr Cech (Chelsea)
Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Deco (FC Barcelona)
Mahamadou Diarra (Real Madrid)
Diego (Werder Bremen)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Michael Essien (Chelsea)
Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona)
Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Gennaro Gattuso (Milan)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal, FC Barcelona)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter)
Filippo Inzaghi (Milan)
Kaka (Milan)
Frederic Kanoute (FC Sevilla)
Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen, Bayern Munchen)
Younis Mahmoud (Algharafa)
Paolo Maldini (Milan)
Florent Malouda (Olympique Lyon, Chelsea)
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic Glasgow)
Guillermo Ochoa (America Mexico)
Andrea Pirlo (Milan),
Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto),
Raul (Real Madrid)
Franck Ribery (Olympique Marseille, Bayern Munchen),
Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors, Villarreal)
Robinho (Real Madrid)
Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
Clarence Seedorf (Milan)
Carlos Tevez (West Ham, Manchester United)
Luca Toni (Fiorentina, Bayern Munchen)
Kolo Toure (Arsenal)
Jose Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, Liverpool)
Francesco Totti (AS Roma)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
David Villa (Valencia)
08 October 2007
Brazilian championship leaders Sao Paulo suffered their second 1-0 defeat in four days on Sunday when they were beaten by relegation-threatened Corinthians.
Defender Betao headed the only goal four minutes from time to give Corinthians their first win in three games under Nelsinho Baptista, their fourth coach of the year.
It was also the first time they had beaten local rivals Sao Paulo since 2003.
The win failed to pull Corinthians out of the relegation zone, leaving them 17th in the 20-team table with 37 points from 30 games. The bottom four go down.
Second-placed Cruzeiro failed to take advantage of Sao Paulo's slip-up when they were held 0-0 by lowly Goias.
Defending champions Sao Paulo, who have 63 points, are still 11 clear of Cruzeiro with eight games to go after their fifth defeat in 30 games.
Third-placed Santos closed the gap on Cruzeiro to one point by beating hapless Botafogo 2-1 on Saturday with an 89th minute goal from Renatinho.
Rodrigo Tabata had put Santos ahead with a 50th minute penalty and Dodo fired the equaliser in the 66th minute.
It was Botafogo's third defeat in eight days under new coach Mario Sergio.
The weekend's results left only five points between Sport Recife in seventh place and Corinthians in 17th.
Atletico Mineiro, under former Brazil coach and goalkeeper Emerson Leao, won for the first time in eight matches, coming from behind to beat Sport Recife 3-1.
Atletico are 16th, ahead of Corinthians on the number of games won.
Fluminense beat Flamengo 2-0 in the "Fla-Flu" derby in Rio de Janeiro after Somalia and Thiago Neves scored at the start of each half.
